Department of Environmental Protection

Dec
17

Air Monitors To Be Added To Areas Hardest Hit By Sandy

Source: Nigel Chadwick via Wikimedia CommonsCity and state environmental agencies are adding three new air monitors in regions most affected
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Aug
14

Local 87-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Fights To Stop The New Waste Transfer Station

Source: Hunter O’Eeils via Wikimedia CommonsThe fight against the waste transfer station [/assemblyman-william-colton-fights-to-block-a-waste-transfer-station-from-moving-into-bensonhurst/] situated in Gravesend Bay has come
2 min read
Jun
27

1973 Photo Of The Gravesend Bay Dump Site

Source: Arthur Tress via DailyDOCUMERICAThis photograph depicts the old incineration plant and landfill dump at Gravesend Bay. The site is
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Nov
21

JFK Airport Plan To Discharge Toxic Chemicals Into Jamaica Bay Sparks Backlash From Environmentalists

Director of the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society and Jamaica Bay Guardian Don Riepe said toxin levels in
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May
06

Rain Barrel Distribution Do-Over… Sort Of

Source: DEPI confess, come Saturday I shall be refreshing the North Shore edition of SI Live, waiting in curious anticipation
2 min read
Mar
01

Manhattan Beach Residents Go Without Water

A water pipe break on Hastings Street near Oriental Boulevard is spurring the NYC-DEP to turn off water to homes